About a week ago I tried to do an upgrade, and the process barfed on libc6. Scanning the fora, I saw where others had an issue and were advised to wait. I have waited, and my issue still persists. Here is the output from "apt-get -f install":

This appears to me to be an insurmountable issue, since perl requires the libc upgrade in order to configure, and the libc upgrade requires perl to be configured in order to be installed. Any suggestions on how to fix this, short of reinstalling?

redsid

Post subject:Posted: 08.07.2011, 21:53

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SIGH! Here is a perfect example of how you all need to understand that it is not the end of life as
you know it if you don't update a particular package. If I get an update with a problem package I
put it on hold and get on with the rest of the update. Of course I use ALL that Debian has to offer
to make this a trivial step.
You should never get yourself in a position where you have to
reinstall to get Aptosid working! My main system has been running now for 6 years, updated twice a
day and problems, and there have been a few nasty ones, dealt with in a logical manner. I have never
scripted, compiled or sourced! But I do check documentation and THINK before I act.
Why you have your problem, I have no idea. I have had similar circular dependencies but they work themselves out
by checking holds at a later update.
Of course, if you have panicked and done bad things, well, I guess you will have to reinstall!

jmccreaa

Post subject:Posted: 08.07.2011, 23:13

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[quote="redsid"]SIGH! Here is a perfect example of how you all need to understand that it is not the end of life as
you know it if you donI have done no bad things, simply trying to figure out how to resolve this issue.

I have no intention of reinstalling, since the system is still quite functional, albeit not able to upgrade nor install new *.deb packages until the issue is fixed. Thank you for your reply.